Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty wide and twenty high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar. New Living Translation This inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He overlaid the inside with solid gold. He also overlaid the altar made of cedar. English Standard Version The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid an altar of cedar. Berean Standard Bible The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar. King James Bible And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar. New King James Version The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid it with pure gold, and overlaid the altar of cedar. New American Standard Bible The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height; and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also paneled the altar with cedar. NASB 1995 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar. NASB 1977 And the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar. Legacy Standard Bible Now the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar. Amplified Bible The Holy of Holies was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height (a cube), and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the cedar altar [with gold]. Christian Standard Bible The interior of the sanctuary was thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and thirty feet high; he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the cedar altar. Holman Christian Standard Bible The interior of the sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high; he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the cedar altar. American Standard Version And within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he overlaid the Holy place, twenty cubits its length and twenty cubits its width, and twenty cubits its height, and he overlaid it with refined gold and overlaid the altar in cedar. Brenton Septuagint Translation The length was twenty cubits, and the breadth was twenty cubits, and the height of it was twenty cubits. And he covered it with perfect gold, and he made an altar in front of the oracle, and covered it with gold. Douay-Rheims Bible Now the oracle was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in height. And he covered and overlaid it with most pure gold. And the altar also he covered with cedar. English Revised Version And within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar. GOD'S WORD® Translation The inner room was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. Solomon covered it and the cedar altar with pure gold. Good News Translation This inner room was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high, all covered with pure gold. The altar was covered with cedar panels. International Standard Version The inner sanctuary was 20 cubits long, 20 cubits wide, and 20 cubits high, and overlaid with pure gold. The altar was also overlaid with cedar. JPS Tanakh 1917 And before the Sanctuary which was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof, overlaid with pure gold, he set an altar, which he covered with cedar. Literal Standard Version And before the oracle [is] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and its height [is] twenty cubits; and he overlays it with gold refined, and overlays the altar with cedar. Majority Standard Bible The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar. New American Bible In front of the inner sanctuary (it was twenty cubits long, twenty wide, and twenty high, and he covered it with pure gold), he made an altar of cedar. NET Bible The inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, as well as the cedar altar. New Revised Standard Version The interior of the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high; he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar. New Heart English Bible And before the sanctuary was thirt-four feet and five inches in length, and thirty-four feet and five inches in breadth, and thirty-four feet and five inches in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold. And he made the altar of cedar. Webster's Bible Translation And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the hight of it, and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar. World English Bible Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height. He overlaid it with pure gold. He covered the altar with cedar. Young's Literal Translation And before the oracle is twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits is its height; and he overlayeth it with gold refined, and overlayeth the altar with cedar. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Temple's Interior…19Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there. 20The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar. 21So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.… Cross References 1 Kings 6:19 Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there. 1 Kings 6:21 So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold. 2 Chronicles 3:7 He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls. Ezekiel 41:4 Then he measured the room adjacent to the inner sanctuary to be twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he said to me, "This is the Most Holy Place." Ezekiel 41:22 There was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. And the man told me, "This is the table that is before the LORD." Treasury of Scripture And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar. twenty cubits 1 Kings 5:2,3 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, … pure [heb] shut up 1 Kings 6:22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold. 1 Kings 7:48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was, Exodus 30:1-3 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it… Jump to Previous Altar Breadth Cedar Cedar-Wood Clear Covered Cubits Forepart Gold Height High Hight Inmost Inner Length Oracle Overlaid Overlayeth Plated Pure Room Sanctuary Space Square Thereof Twenty Wide Width WithinJump to Next Altar Breadth Cedar Cedar-Wood Clear Covered Cubits Forepart Gold Height High Hight Inmost Inner Length Oracle Overlaid Overlayeth Plated Pure Room Sanctuary Space Square Thereof Twenty Wide Width Within1 Kings 6 1. The building of Solomon's temple5. The chambers thereof 11. God's promise unto it 15. The ceiling and adorning of it 23. The cherubim 31. The doors 36. The court 37. The time of building it (20) In the forepart.--Although this is a literal translation of the original, the sense is clearly (as the Vulgate renders the phrase) "in the inner part." Gesenius supposes the meaning to be properly, "the wall facing the entrance;" thence the opposite, or "inner," wall or region. Covered the altar . . .--Our translators have been misled by the context to anticipate what is said below (1Kings 6:22). The meaning is "he covered the altar" (presumably of stone) "with cedar." (20-22) These verses describe the overlaying with pure gold of the panelling of the house and of the Oracle, the partition dividing them, and the altar of incense. Even the floor was similarly covered. (See 1Kings 6:30.) Verse 20. - And the oracle in the forepart [or, the interior of the oracle. Keil, after Kimchi, maintains that לִפְנֵי is the construct of the noun לִפְנִים. See ver. 29, where it clearly means interior, as its opposition to "without" shows. The A.V. yields no sense] was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof [that is to say, it was a perfect cube. When we consider that the oracle of the tabernacle was a cube of ten cubits and the Holy City (Revelation 21:16; cf. Ezekiel 48:8-35, especially ver. 20) is a cube of 12,000 furlongs, we cannot but regard these measurements as significant. To the ancients the square seemed the most appropriate shape to express the idea of moral perfection. The idea of the cube consequently was that of entire completeness, of absolute perfection. A little light is thrown on this subject by the use of(2) In either case, was the height of thirty cubits, or any uniform height, maintained throughout, or was the roof of the oracle some ten cubits lower than that of the house? The analogy of the tabernacle, of which the temple was a copy, would lead us to suppose that the ridge - if there was a ridge - of the entire building was level and unbroken, though the analogy of the Gothic church, which, we have already seen, is almost a reproduction of the temple, suggests that the oracle (like the chancel, and, it may be added, like the adytum of Egyptian temples) may possibly have had a lower roof. But (3) supposing the same height was maintained from end to end, to what use, if any, was the vacant space of ten cubits (15 feet) between cieling and roof of oracle applied? It has been held by some that there was a chamber here, but that it was empty, being formed, in fact, not for use, but in order to procure the cubical shape of the oracle. Others contend that this upper room, or one which ran the entire length of the building, was designed to serve as a receptacle for the reliques of the tabernacle, and they would identify it with the עֲלִיות. (LXX, (4) How was the cieling, whether with or without this upper chamber, and whether at the height of twenty or thirty cubits - how was it supported? For "no cedar beam could be laid across a space of twenty cubits without sinking in the centre by its own weight." Fergusson hence argues that the roof must have been carried on pillars - four in the sanctuary and ten in the hall. He remarks that they were used in the house of the Forest of Lebanon, where they were less suitable than here]: and he overlaid it [lit. made it shine] with pure gold [marg. shut up (from סָגַר clausit). Cf. Job 28:15 (Heb.) The same gold is described as טָהור (Exodus 25:11) and טוב (2 Chronicles 3:8). It is called "shut up gold," not because it was concealed ( Hebrew The innerוְלִפְנֵ֣י (wə·lip̄·nê) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face sanctuary הַדְּבִ֡יר (had·də·ḇîr) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1687: Perhaps (a place of) speaking (the innermost room of Solomon's temple) [was] twenty עֶשְׂרִים֩ (‘eś·rîm) Number - common plural Strong's 6242: Twenty, twentieth cubits אַמָּ֨ה (’am·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base long, אֹ֜רֶךְ (’ō·reḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 753: Length twenty וְעֶשְׂרִ֧ים (wə·‘eś·rîm) Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Strong's 6242: Twenty, twentieth cubits אַמָּ֣ה (’am·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base wide, רֹ֗חַב (rō·ḥaḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7341: Breadth, width and twenty וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים (wə·‘eś·rîm) Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Strong's 6242: Twenty, twentieth cubits אַמָּה֙ (’am·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base high. קֽוֹמָת֔וֹ (qō·w·mā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6967: Height He overlaid [the inside] וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ (way·ṣap·pê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 6823: To lay out, lay over with pure סָג֑וּר (sā·ḡūr) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's 5462: To shut up, to surrender gold, זָהָ֣ב (zā·hāḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky and he also overlaid וַיְצַ֥ף (way·ṣap̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6823: To lay out, lay over the altar מִזְבֵּ֖חַ (miz·bê·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4196: An altar of cedar. אָֽרֶז׃ (’ā·rez) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 730: A cedar tree Links 1 Kings 6:20 NIV1 Kings 6:20 NLT 1 Kings 6:20 ESV 1 Kings 6:20 NASB 1 Kings 6:20 KJV 1 Kings 6:20 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 6:20 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 6:20 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 6:20 French Bible 1 Kings 6:20 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 6:20 Within the oracle was a space (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |